Improvement in paper packing-boxes



JOHN W. TUTTLE, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER `PACKING|'BOXES.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 117,350, dated `Tuly 25,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. TUTTLE, of Newton, of the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pasteboard Packing-Boxes;

Vand do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the followingspecification and represented in the accompanying drawing, of which-Figure 1 is an end view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of one of myimproved boxes.'

In carrying out my present improvement I form, through the ends or theopposite sides of the cover A of the box, slots or holes a a, and Ifasten to the ends or sides ofthe box-bodyB two thin tlexile plateclasps or tongues, C C, each being formed as shown in Figs. 3 and 4,which represent front and edge views of one of such. The bodypart of thetongue is provided or formed with spurs or 'hooks to enter the body ofthe box and be bent down upon such, so as to hold the tongue to thebox-body. The tongues arranged on and iixed to the box-body extend upunderneath the cover or between it and the body, and into the slots ofsuch cover, and are bent or turned down upon and below the chords oftheslots, so as to hook upon them and hold the cover in place upon thebody.

I am aware that in the making of packing boxes it has been customary totix to the ends or' the body thin metallic clasps to extend up therefromthrough slots in the top of the cover, and to be bent down upon suchtop, such being the subject of an application for a patent recentlytiled by Alexander Gregg. I make no claim to such. Tith the holes madethrough the top of the cover instead of through its ends or sides theparts of the clasps bent down upon the top are liable to catch intoboxes or articles, and do injury thereto, and besides they cause the boxto have an unsightly appearance.

With my improvement the clasps are not in the cover-top in any respect,and, therefore, not liable to the objections above stated. Besides, theycan `be bent or turned down in a hooked form upon and below the chordsof the slots, and thereby constitute a stronger fastening than they dowhen simply bent at a right angle as they are after going through thecover-top.

Sometimes I pivot each ofthe hooked tongues to the boxbody by an' eyeletor otherwise, so as to enable the tongue to be revolved on the pivot,and I form the slot so as to enable the tongue to be introduced in abent or hooked state into it, and be afterwards revolved, so as to hookupon the edge of the slot, this being another way of carrying out myinvention. A

I claim- The box, as made with the slots in the ends or sides of itscover, and with the rlexile metallic tongues or clasps iixed to the bodyof the box, so as to extend into or through the slots or be extendedinto or through them, and bent or turned downward relatively to them,substantially as represented and described.

JOHN W. TUTTLE.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

